Apparatus for dispensing granular substances.



w. P. DUN LANY Q APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING GRANULAR SUBSTANCES. APPLICATION FILED DEC-13.2912.

ted Sept. 12, 1916.

Paten W. P. DUN LAN Y.

APPARA US FOR DISPENSING GRANULAR-SUBSTANCES.-

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 13. I912.

Pntentmlfiopt. 12, 1916.

2 HEETS$HE(ET 2 wwm eras rerun -h hll@ht v "WILLIAM 1F. DUN LANY, F MAYWOOD, ILLINOiS, ASSIGNOR T0 CHAS. W. SHONK CUMPANY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW J APPMATUS FOB DISPENSING GIIRANULAB/ $UIBSTANCES.

Specification otltctteis Patent.

Application filed neceinhcr lfiwm; Serial No. 736,474L.

To (/ZZ whom it meg, concern:

lie it known that I, "WHJJAM P. hunt, a citizen of the United States, residinn; in Maywood, in the county'ot Cook and idtate' of Illinois, have invented a new and stances and the invention consists in the novel parts and devices and combinations of parts and devices hereinafter more fully se forth and made the subject matter of claim.

in the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of the dispensing appara- 2 is a vertical section, upon a larger scale, taken upon the line 2-2 of 1; Fl a horizontal section on the line 3-3 oi 2; Fig. 4c a vertical section on the line H of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 a vertical section uponthe line 5-5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

in the said drawings it represents the con tainer for the granular substance to be dispensed. It is made in the form of an inverted cone, and at the bottom is formed with the funnel discharge A and a ring portion A? adapted to fit down over a ring or collar Ahlormed on the tubular housing 18. The structure is such, as Will be seen, that the container A, with its funnel discharge A, maybe readily appliedto or removed from the housing. The housing B which forms a long, rectangular, tubular structure open at the front end, is carried upon the sheet metal base C. Within the housing is the sliding drawer D which may by the linoh at, he moved in and out. This drawer carries the open ended cylinder or tube E, which when the drawer is pushed entirelyin, until the rear of the housing is struck as a stop to position the same, coincides at its upper open end with the mouth of the funnel A, and when the drawer is pulled out into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, coincides at its lower open end with the discharge funnel F and an opening F in the bottom of the housing" A weighted pawl G- pivoted to the drawer, has its engaging tooth g pr o jecting ,through a. slot 9' in the bottom 0f said drawer and this pawl rides upon the surface of the door of the housing-until the drawer is in the outer position with the measuring cylinder E over the discharge tunnel F, at which point said pawl engages a slot 9 in the bottom of the housing which thus forms a stop to prevent the drawer from being pulled out farther. When the drawer is Patented se t. in, teen;

pushed in, this pawl rides out of the slot and permits the drawer to be returned. on the rear face of the housing is the weighted latch H, the point of which projectsv up and engages a slot in the bottom of the drawer D, serving to lock the drawer closed and to prevent the opening of the same until said latch is lifted. When upon occasion it becomes necessary to remove the drawer D, for cleaning'orfor other purpose, the en tire apparatus may be inverted whereupon the weight of the pawl G will prevent it from engaging the front stop and. the drawer may be entirely Withdrawn. The pawl'offersno resistance of course to the drawer measuring tube or open ended cylinder E,

filling the same with the measured quantity resting below on the floor or supporting plate of the housing. The operator may now place a receiving vessel under the discharge spout' F, and, raising the latch H,

may pull the drawer D out, until the pawl G engages the slotg or front stop when the measuring tube or'open ended cylinder E will be over the discharge spout F, whereupon the contents of said measuring cylinder will flow down and be discharged through said spout. When,-in the foregoing action, the measuring'oy linder s passed from under the funnel A, the uppzr face or plate I) oi? the tubular drawer /D passes under said funnel A and sustains the contents of the container A, acting thus "its a cut-oil plate. -When the contents of the measuring cylinder have been discharged through the nozzle F, the drawer may then be pushed back into' place, wlnaseupou the measuring cylinder will be again filled with the granular material and the latch H Will again lock the drawer. closed. This operation maybe repe ted,d(ischarging the measured quantity o the granular material, at

each repetition, until the entirecontentsof ;-the container A have been thus dispensed.

' and. front stop,

pay no attention yond the requirement that the drawer sha'll' pulled out as far as it will an upper a be pushed in and and lower plate serve to close the 1." A dispensing ter described including, in combination; a stand having a floor therein,

' provided with a discharge "a measuring, -moun'ted above said'fioor and adapted to be Itwill be seen that the to and fro movement of the drawer is so that the operator need to the distance moved, he-

go in either direction, and that 7 container funnel andto support the measured material while the measuring tube is moving to the discharge point. I claim apparatus of the characsaid floor being opening; a container mounted on said stand above the floor and provided, also with a discharge opening; open-ended tube movably brought at different times into alinement with said discharge openings; and gravityoperatinglatch mounted under the'said floor and passing through the same to engage the drawer, and having means extending Without the casing for manipulation, and adapted to lock the measuring tube when in position beneath the discharge opening of the container.

2. A dispensing apparatus of the character described including, in combination: a stand having-a floor member provided with a discharge opening; a drawer slidably mounted in saidst'and over said floor, said drawer having an open-ended measuring tube carried thereby; a container mounted on said stand, said container having a discharge opening out of alinement with controlled by both a back the discharge opening in said floor; and means for limitin the outward movement of said drawer, said means including a pivotally inounted gravitating pawl carried within the drawer; and a locking latch independent of the pawl having means for operating it which extend to the exterior of the stand.

3; A dispensing apparatus of the charac- ,ter described including, in combinationi a stand; a movably mounted measuring, openended member carried by said stand; a container detach-ably mounted on said stand; and a gravitating pawl for limiting the withdrawal of the measuring member, which pawl can be released b detaching the container and inverting the stand, and is prevented and secured from operation until the stand be inverted.

a. A dispensing apparatus of the character described including, in combination: a stand having a floor provided with a discharge opening; a container mounted on said stand above the floor and provided also with a discharge opening out of alinement with the first named discharge opening; a drawer slidably mounted on said stand and over said floor and provided with a measuring portion adapted to be brought alternately into alinement with said discharge openings; :1 gravitating pawl for limiting the outward movement of the drawer; and a pivotally mounted dog It adapted to engage the drawer and lock it when in its innermost position and having a laterally extended operating end.

WILLIAM P. DUN LANY, Witnesses WILLIAM A. GEIGER, ESTHER ABRAMS. 

